A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A church debt is the devil's salary.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A door that seems to stand open must be a man's size or it is not the door that Providence means to him.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size or it is not the door that providence means for him.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is certain to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track ... an inch between wreck and smooth rolling prosperity.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.

— Henry Ward Beecher

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down provided it is the right temptation put in the right spot.

— Henry Ward Beecher

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

— Henry Ward Beecher